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"Never say, "gun control" but instead say, "victim disarmament." I've seen the visceral effects this has on our enemies in public. It's as if somebody punched them in the stomach when they realize they've lost the moral high ground." - L Neil Smith

Not trying to hijack this thread, but your observation is exactly why rap "music" (and I use "music" very loosely here) is not a good influence on anyone who listens to it. It creates nothing but a feelings of hatred, violence against authority, and a rape culture against women.

I, seriously, doubt these music greats, who've passed away in the last few years, thought much of it in terms of it being anything but pure trash.

That's part of the reason these guys will be missed. They created great music and it doesn't look like there are too many of them left to create great music in the future.

"Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

"Never say, "gun control" but instead say, "victim disarmament." I've seen the visceral effects this has on our enemies in public. It's as if somebody punched them in the stomach when they realize they've lost the moral high ground." - L Neil Smith

If anyone had asked me 30 years ago if he would make to 90, I would have laughed. He just did not look healthy.

RIP to a legend.

I read his autobiography a number of years ago. If I remember, he didn't smoke, drink, or do drugs. The cover of the book was a picture of him holding his Gibson with his shirt off & he looked in incredible shape.

Nietzsche: From life's school of war: what does not kill me makes me stronger.

Not trying to hijack this thread, but your observation is exactly why rap "music" (and I use "music" very loosely here) is not a good influence on anyone who listens to it. It creates nothing but a feelings of hatred, violence against authority, and a rape culture against women.

I, seriously, doubt these music greats, who've passed away in the last few years, thought much of it in terms of it being anything but pure trash.

That's part of the reason these guys will be missed. They created great music and it doesn't look like there are too many of them left to create great music in the future.

i don't want to hijack the thread either, but I have to make one observation about rap since it was mentioned. My observation is that during the golden age of advertising it was discovered that when lyrics were combined with a simplistic repetitive musical phrase, critical thinking would be bypassed and the person would be brainwashed to buy a product. Thus the advertising jingle was born. The repetitive phrase of the jingle is the concept behind the Hip Hop musical "hook" which acts to brainwash the listener with the message of the lyrics. The hook ensures that individuals who are not exactly mental giants can remember every lyric in a rap song -- but if (say in school) you asked them to memorize a short Langston Hughes poem it would be a hopeless task.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLjYflvXYIM

I read his autobiography a number of years ago. If I remember, he didn't smoke, drink, or do drugs. The cover of the book was a picture of him holding his Gibson with his shirt off & he looked in incredible shape.

Seen him in the St. Louis airport a few times and one thing he clearly liked was young white women who dressed like prostitutes.